Pacific MCJROTC Narrowly Defeats Fontana MCJROTC
Pacific MCJROTC edged out Fontana MCJROTC 1015 to 999 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. With the win, Pacific MCJROTC is in nineteenth place overall and fifth place within their 'Marine Corps Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 3 - 2 record. Pacific MCJROTC was led by Amanda Benetin who shot a 266. The remaining contributing members were Julia Thomas, Lucas Hicks, and Destiny Martin. Pacific MCJROTC is from Pacific, MO, and is coached by Brian Cain.
Fontana MCJROTC currently has a 2 - 2 record. After the loss they are in twenty-first place overall and sixth place within their 'Marine Corps Jrotc' conference. Fontana MCJROTC was led by Moses Ramirez who shot a 262. The remaining contributing members were Nikolas Zamora, Mark Bates, and Jasmine Arguello. Fontana MCJROTC is from Fontana, CA, and is coached by MSgt Wayne Harkley.
This coming week Pacific MCJROTC has a bye week. While Fontana MCJROTC will compete against Warrenton Rifles from Warrenton, VA. Warrenton Rifles currently has a 0 - 5 record.
These two teams are competing in the Champions Division of the Orion National Air Rifle League. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league for high school teams and junior rifle clubs. The Champions Divisions is the most difficult division in the league. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, where teams compete for their conference's title. Followed by the post-season, comprising of two single elimination tournaments. Only the top 16 teams across all conferences advance to the post-season, to compete for the league title.
In each game the teams compete in what is known as a Three-Position Air Rifle match. The match is modeled after Olympic Rifle competitions but adapted to high school age athletes. Each athlete will shoots 10 shots in three different shooting positions, prone, standing, and kneeling. Each shot is worth a maximum of 10 points. The sum of points scored in the 30 shots is the athlete's total. The team score is comprised of the best four athletes from each team.
For more information on the league, including complete standings, visit http://www.orionscoringsystem.com/AirRifleLeague
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.843225825.1
Pacific MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=914
Fontana MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=930
22 - 28 Oct 2018